Nora Goes Off Script

by Annabel Monaghan

At the corner of arrogance and cluelessness, you find the worst kind of person.

“Have you ever felt like you’re disappearing?” he asks. “Like you’re sure one day you’re going to wake up and find that the truest parts of yourself have been replaced by someone else’s plans?”

Leo looks down at his glass. “Don’t do it, dude.” “The play?” Arthur asks. “Any acting at all.” Leo looks straight at Arthur. “If you pretend for your job, eventually you’ll stop being anything at all. A non-person. Silly Putty that you rub on a newspaper.”

I think our whole marriage was about me trying to make him glad he picked me.

It’s about how the sunrise can be the most important thing in the world to a person who’s lost touch with his soul. It’s about a person turning his back on his soul for fame,